Nobody else on the planet has such a vivid imagination. The only way Bron-Bron and the word clutch should ever be in the same sentence would be if Bron-Bron stripped the clutch in his car.

We all know it will never happen on a basketball court. That’s the reason Bron-Bron is in Miami. He had to latch onto Wade’s coattails to ever have a chance at a ring.

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Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:55:43 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=30918#comment-52988“This is not about who is the better player in the clutch, Michael Jordan or LeBron. Or who is the better player, period (not sure that’s a debate right now).”

In the Eastern Conference playoffs against Chicago and Boston, LeBron seemed to have the attitude that Jordan had. He demanded the ball down the stretch and delivered. The biggest reason the Heat were able to defeat the team with the best record in the NBA in the ECF was because LeBron was fearless and devastatingly efficient in the 4th quarter of those games.

But then something went wrong in the finals. He became more passive, focusing more on defense and passing. This approach worked when the Heat won games 1 and 3, but clearly cost them the game in games 4 and 5 on the road.

The next time LeBron makes it to the finals, he just has to resolve to be more assertive. Demand the ball. We know he has it in him because he did this brilliantly VS Boston and Chicago.

He failed in june this year. That doesn’t mean he won’t succeed in the future, though. A perfect role model for LeBron going forward is the man who beat him – Dirk.

Dirk failed in the finals 2006 in humiliating fashion, but he became mentally tougher over time and eventually won it all. There is a good chance that LeBron can do the same thing.